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A Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament
A defence of the true and catholic doctrine of the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Christ with a confutation of sundry errors concerning the same, grounded and stablished upon God's holy word, [and] approved by the consent of the most ancient doctors of the Church. Made by the most reverend father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitan.A defence of the true and catholike doctrine of the sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ with a confutacion of sundry errors concernyng the same, grounded and stablished vpon Goddes holy woorde, [and] approued by ye consent of the moste auncient doctors of the Churche. Made by the moste reuerende father in God Thomas Archebyshop of Canterbury, primate of all Englande and Metropolitane.
Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the sign of the Brazen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550Imprinted at London : In Poules churcheyarde, at the signe of the Brasen serpent, by Reginald Wolfe. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno Domini. M.D.L. 1550
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1And S. Cyprian in the first book of his epistles, saith the same thing, that Christ called such bread, as is made of many corns joined together, his body: and such wine he named his blood, as is pressed out of many grapes, and made into wine.
1And S. Cyprian in the firste boke of his epistles, saith the same thyng, that Christ called such breade, as is made of manny cornes ioyned togither, his body: and suche wyne he named his bloudde, as is pressed out of many grapes, and made into wyne.
- 1Cyprianus ad Magnū ••. 1. epi. 6.Cyprianus ad Magnū ••. 1. epi. 6.
1And in his second book he saith these words: water is not the blood of Christ, but wine. And again in the same Epistle he sayeth, that it was wine which Christ called his blood. and that if wine be not in the chalice, than we drink not of the fruit of the vine. And in the same epistle he saith, that meal alone, or water alone, is not the ⟨image 63⟩body of Christ, except they be both joined together to make thereof bread.
1And in his second boke he saith these wordes: water is not the bloud of Christe, but wyne. And agayn in the same Epistle he sayeth, that it was wyne whiche Christe called his bloude. and that if wyne bee not in the chalice, than we drynke not of the fruit of the vyne. And in the same epistle he sayth, that meale alone, or water alone, is not the ⟨image 63⟩